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| - | [[Jack White]]: "With Jolene by Dolly Parton | + | [[Jack White]]: "With "Jolene" by Dolly Parton -- we've always loved country music. We wanted to do a country single with Dolly on one side and [[Loretta Lynn]] on the other. I first heard Dolly Parton a couple years ago, and couldn't believe what a good thing she had going at one point. Then I found out later that other bands had already covered that song." |
| - | + | [[Jack White]]: "I heard that it was Dolly Parton's first single and I thought that it was, uh -- I don't want to say ballsy -- just a courageous song for her to release as her first single. It's in a minor key; it kind of has this evil overtone. It comes back to me liking Loretta Lynn so much with that finger-pointing-at-men kind of song -- just layin' it down the line for someone like that, "you're really hurting my feelings" -- pretty interesting." | |
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[[Jack White]]: "Both me and Meg always loved that song. It's in a minor key and almost has an evil tone to it." | [[Jack White]]: "Both me and Meg always loved that song. It's in a minor key and almost has an evil tone to it." | ||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
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Revision as of 00:08, 27 August 2011
"Jolene" is a song by The White Stripes. It is a cover of a country song by Dolly Parton.
Band Quotes
Jack White: "With "Jolene" by Dolly Parton -- we've always loved country music. We wanted to do a country single with Dolly on one side and Loretta Lynn on the other. I first heard Dolly Parton a couple years ago, and couldn't believe what a good thing she had going at one point. Then I found out later that other bands had already covered that song." Jack White: "I heard that it was Dolly Parton's first single and I thought that it was, uh -- I don't want to say ballsy -- just a courageous song for her to release as her first single. It's in a minor key; it kind of has this evil overtone. It comes back to me liking Loretta Lynn so much with that finger-pointing-at-men kind of song -- just layin' it down the line for someone like that, "you're really hurting my feelings" -- pretty interesting." Jack White: "Both me and Meg always loved that song. It's in a minor key and almost has an evil tone to it."
Lyrics
jolene jolene jolene jolene I'm begging of you, please don't take my man jolene jolene jolene jolene please don't take him even though you can your beauty is beyond compare with flaming locks of auburn hair with ivory skin and eyes of emerald green your smile is like a breath of spring and your voice is soft like a summer rain and I cannot compete with you jolene and he talks about you in his sleep and there is nothing I can do to keep from crying when he calls your name, jolene jolene jolene jolene jolene I'm begging of you please don't take my man jolene jolene jolene jolene please don't take him even though you can well I could easily understand how you could easily take my man but you don't know what he means to me jolene well you could have your choice of men but I could never love again he's the only one for me jolene and I had to have this talk with you my happiness depends on you and whatever you decide to do jolene jolene jolene jolene jolene I'm begging of you please don't take my man jolene jolene jolene jolene please don't take him even though you can
